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Diplasterias brucei

  • 1. Laboratoire de Biologie marine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50 avenue F. D. Roosevelt, B- 1050 Bruxelles (Belgium) and Laboratoire de Biologie marine, Université de Mons, 20 Place du Parc, B- 7000 Mons (Belgium) michel. jangoux @ telenet. be

Description

brucei Koehler, 1908, Stolasterias

Stolasterias brucei Koehler, 1908a: 569, pl. 5, figs 46, 47.

Diplasterias brucei ‒ Clark in Clark & Mah 2001: 274.

CURRENT STATUS. — Diplasterias brucei (Koehler, 1908).

TYPE MATERIAL. — Antarctic • 5 syntypes; Scotia Bay (South Orkney Islands); Scottish Antarctic expedition; 1902-1904; MNHN- IE-2014-378.

REMARKS

Koehler’s original description mentions three specimens (Scotia Bay, South Orcads, 18 m). Yet five specimens occur in the MNHN with a single label indicating they are from the type locality.

Various syntypes (15) are housed in the RSM (Ref. 1921. 143.1232) (Smalon et al. 1976).

Notes

Published as part of Jangoux, Michel, 2022, The type specimens of extant asteroids (Echinodermata) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle of Paris, pp. 259-334 in Zoosystema 44 (11) on page 272, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a11, http://zenodo.org/record/6616817

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Asteriidae
Genus
Diplasterias
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Forcipulatida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Koehler
Species
brucei
Taxon rank
species
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Diplasterias brucei (Koehler, 1908) sec. Jangoux, 2022

References

  • KOEHLER R. 1908 a. - Description d'une asterie nouvelle (Nepanthia joubini) provenant du cap Saint-Jacques (Cochinchine). Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris 14: 232 - 235. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 5031155
  • CLARK A. M. & MAH CH. 2001. - An index of recent Asteroidea. Part 4: Forcipulata and Brisingida, in JANGOUX M. & LAWRENCE J. M. (eds) Echinoderm Studies, vol. 6: 229 - 347. Balkema, Rotterdam.